The Baker Street Boys

The Baker Street Boys
Genre	Mystery
Created by	Arthur Conan Doyle
Written by	Richard Carpenter Anthony Read
Directed by	Marilyn Fox Michael Kerrigan
Starring	Jay Simpson Debbie Norris Suzi Ross Adam Woodyatt David Garlick Damion Napier Roger Ostine Hubert Rees Colin Jeavons Stanley Lebor Pat Keen
Theme music composer	David Epps Alan Roper
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer(s)	Paul Stone Anthony Gruner
Running time	25 mins
Production company(s)	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC
Original release	8 March – 1 April 1983

The Baker Street Boys is a British television series made by the BBC and first shown in 1983. The series recounts the adventures of a gang of street urchins living in Victorian London who assist the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes and find themselves tackling cases of their own.

Episodes

Eight episodes were broadcast:

#	Original airdate	Title
1	8 March 1983	"The Adventure of the Disappearing Dispatch Case, Part 1"
2	11 March 1983	"The Adventure of the Disappearing Dispatch Case, Part 2"
3	15 March 1983	"The Ghost of Julian Midwinter, Part 1"
4	18 March 1983	"The Ghost of Julian Midwinter, Part 2"
5	22 March 1983	"The Adventure of the Winged Scarab, Part 1"
6	25 March 1983	"The Adventure of the Winged Scarab, Part 2"
7	29 March 1983	"The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant, Part 1"
8	4 April 1983	"The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant, Part 2"

VHS release

In 1985, the BBC released 4 episodes from the series on VHS video. They were edited into two 48-minute-long episodes.

The two stories featured were "The Adventure of the Disappearing Dispatch Case" (from Episodes 1 and 2) and "The Adventure of the Winged Scarab" (from Episodes 5 and 6).

Books

Seven books based on the TV series have been published to date:

Title	Author	Date	Publisher	ISBN
The Baker Street Boys	Brian Ball	1983	BBC/Knight Books	ISBN 978-0-3403-3300-6
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Disappearing Detective	Anthony Read	2005	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-84428-961-5
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant	Anthony Read	2006	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-0-7445-7016-8
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby	Anthony Read	2006	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-4063-0088-8
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Limehouse Laundry	Anthony Read	2007	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-4063-0341-4
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Stolen Sparklers	Anthony Read	2008	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-4063-0342-1
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Haunted Horrors	Anthony Read	2009	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-4063-0343-8

See also

• Baker Street Irregulars
• 221B Baker Street (video game)

External links

• The Baker Street Boys at the Internet Movie Database